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A review by intensej
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Thank you to Edelweiss for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Misery Lark is the daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman. She grew up as the Vampyre collateral and was sent to live in the human world for several years. The Vampyres have upheld an alliance with humans, and her presence as a collateral was meant to ensure that each side did not start a war. Since the Vampyres are allied with the humans, the nearby Weres are outnumbered. Misery's father pushes her to marry Lowe Moreland, Alpha of the Weres. Misery is trying to find out what happened to her human foster sister that disappeared, and she only agrees to marry Lowe because she believes he has the answers about her best friend's disappearance. Misery cannot understand Lowe's strange behavior around her. She tries to make the best of her situation, but there are assassination attempts and pack fighting that threaten her future.
I loved this book and basically finished it in one sitting. It had the perfect amount of angst, worldbuilding, a marriage of convenience trope, and smut. The sex scenes were super spicy, so fair warning to readers. Hazelwood purposefully used the word "knot" in her dedication instead of "not," so I thought to myself, "Is the werewolf character going to have a penis knot? No way." But Ali Hazelwood went ALL IN on the penis knot trope, and it was magnificent. The ending of this book sets up a future book involving other characters. I cannot wait to start reading the next book set in this universe. (A sequel has not been announced yet, but I am hoping there is confirmation soon!) I thought that the spelling of vampyre with a "y" instead of an "i" was distracting, but I quickly got over it. I thought that some of the miscommunication and denial between Misery and Lowe went on for a bit too long, but the payoff in the end was worth it. Hazelwood manages to do something original and new with vampires and werewolves. In this world, weres that are lucky enough to meet their mate will know immediately by sight and smell. Hazelwood basically has written an alpha/omega fanfiction with vampires and werewolves, and I am here for it. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Anne Bishop will love this book.
Content: graphic sex
Misery Lark is the daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman. She grew up as the Vampyre collateral and was sent to live in the human world for several years. The Vampyres have upheld an alliance with humans, and her presence as a collateral was meant to ensure that each side did not start a war. Since the Vampyres are allied with the humans, the nearby Weres are outnumbered. Misery's father pushes her to marry Lowe Moreland, Alpha of the Weres. Misery is trying to find out what happened to her human foster sister that disappeared, and she only agrees to marry Lowe because she believes he has the answers about her best friend's disappearance. Misery cannot understand Lowe's strange behavior around her. She tries to make the best of her situation, but there are assassination attempts and pack fighting that threaten her future.
I loved this book and basically finished it in one sitting. It had the perfect amount of angst, worldbuilding, a marriage of convenience trope, and smut. The sex scenes were super spicy, so fair warning to readers. Hazelwood purposefully used the word "knot" in her dedication instead of "not," so I thought to myself, "Is the werewolf character going to have a penis knot? No way." But Ali Hazelwood went ALL IN on the penis knot trope, and it was magnificent. The ending of this book sets up a future book involving other characters. I cannot wait to start reading the next book set in this universe. (A sequel has not been announced yet, but I am hoping there is confirmation soon!) I thought that the spelling of vampyre with a "y" instead of an "i" was distracting, but I quickly got over it. I thought that some of the miscommunication and denial between Misery and Lowe went on for a bit too long, but the payoff in the end was worth it. Hazelwood manages to do something original and new with vampires and werewolves. In this world, weres that are lucky enough to meet their mate will know immediately by sight and smell. Hazelwood basically has written an alpha/omega fanfiction with vampires and werewolves, and I am here for it. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Anne Bishop will love this book.
Content: graphic sex
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death